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Title

  • The public dance halls of Chicago

Other Title

  • Dance halls of Chicago

Summary

  • This is a revised edition of a work based on an investigation done in 1910 regarding the conditions of public dance halls in Chicago. Bowen's complaints included the late hours, too much liquor, and the general behavior of men noting, "... men wear their hats; they all smoke and expectorate freely." She also suggests the waiters and other employees provide information on the location of "disreputable lodging houses," and she delivers condemnation against masquerade and fancy dress balls because many women were found "attending in male attire."

Names

  • Bowen, Louise de Koven, 1859-1953

Created / Published

  • [Chicago] The Juvenile Protective Association of Chicago, 1917.

Headings

  • -  Dance--Illinois--Chicago
  • -  Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)--Illinois--Chicago
  • -  Antidance Literature

Medium

  • 13 p. 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1623 .B7

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 17025260

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

Video Performers

Performers for the October 1997 Great Hall event: Dancers

Members of The Jonquil Street Foundation, Inc. Ariane Anthony, Thomas Baird, Barbara Barr, Patricia Beaman, Christopher Caines, Charles Garth, James Martin, Maris Wolff. Musicians - members of The Library of Congress Centennial Cotillion Brass Band, Emerson Head and Robert Sheldon, Leaders (Members, Metro Washington D.C. Federation of Musicians Local 161-710, AFM.)

Performers for the Coolidge Auditorium clips: Dancers

Cheryl Stafford and Thomas Baird. Musicians - Boris Gurevitch (piano), Susan Manus (violin).

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Chicago citation style:

Bowen, Louise De Koven. The public dance halls of Chicago. [Chicago The Juvenile Protective Association of Chicago, 1917] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/17025260/.

APA citation style:

Bowen, L. D. K. (1917) The public dance halls of Chicago. [Chicago The Juvenile Protective Association of Chicago] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/17025260/.

MLA citation style:

Bowen, Louise De Koven. The public dance halls of Chicago. [Chicago The Juvenile Protective Association of Chicago, 1917] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/17025260/>.